Team USA Loses 4-1

[angrychair]

What happened was an embarrassment and it is largely on the shoulders of Mango Mussolini who literally ruined the motivation of the team and made this World Cup about him.

Everything Trump touches dies.

Fuck trump.

[RockRaven]

1. Once he interfered and added the appearance of corruption (well, more corruption), this was the only appropriate result.

[rpannier]

4. More Corruption is the appropriate term

Infantino and FIFA are corrupt. Adding Trump just brings (a lot) more corruption.
The only way it could get bigger is to merge FIFA and the IOC into one organization

[Prairie Gates]

11. Appropriate result would have been 6-1, but this was pretty good

That completely unnecessary goal in the 90+3' was the real gift for the USA chanters.

[kimbutgar]

2. It was the jinx curse of the orange piggy !

The same thing happened with the knicks the night he attended! He is bad luck and stay the F away from him!

[liberal N proud]

3. He will call it a rigged game

[littlemissmartypants]

6. Pathological lying is his superpower.

[rpannier]

9. Well...you know... the referee is from Jordan, the VAR official Qatar

That's the sort of info that il duce will lean on
Like the ref of the last game is Brazilian, so he's questionable

[Bev54]

46. That was my first reaction at the end of the game.

[GreenWave]

65. There is some discussion that FIFA rescinded a red card on top US player as favor to Trump.

Folarin Balogun

[BannonsLiver]

5. ETTD

Always and forever.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Congratulations, Belgium!

Vive la France!

🇫🇷⚽️🇫🇷

[FakeNoose]

8. Our USA team was lucky to get as far as it did

Getting into the final group of 16 teams is quite an achievement, and we saw some good games. USA was never going to win it, but those guys played their hearts out.

[Buckeyeblue]

45. Yep. Our team still has a long way to go to be elite

For a couple of reasons. But the biggest reason is that our best athletes don't play soccer. Travel soccer is mostly middle-upper class kids. Not that those kids can't be great athletes. It just closes the door on kids whose families can't afford it.

BTW, same is true with baseball. Our best athletes are no longer playing baseball for the same reasons.

[FakeNoose]

47. In many areas of the Midwest, soccer is more popular than football, especially for schools

Certainly for girls' sports, they're definitely more likely to play soccer in school. Much of this is at the instigation of parents who want their kids to participate without the fear of serious injuries.

So even though you're correct that the professional athletes gravitate to football for the money, the scholastic programs have encouraged soccer for the high schools and some colleges.

[Upthevibe]

53. FakeNoose.....

I concur!

For the school-aged kids, soccer is a main sport out here in California (or at least in SoCal).

Some of the girls (who play) take it very seriously as they work towards getting scholarships to college.

[Old Crank]

60. Traveling teams

That is the only way to get recognized by colleges, at least in the SF bay area. If you aren't on a strong club team they aren't interested in you.
That excludes a big percentage of the youth population. The same population that provides a majority of top players world wide.
The US system is different from the European system where teams run academies for players starting at an early age.

[littlemissmartypants]

10. This feels like a good time to note that, indeed, USWNT is the winningest team in international sports history

This feels like a good time to note that, indeed, USWNT is the winningest team in international sports history (win percentage: 84)

the18.com/en/soccer-en...

— Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 (@emilylhauser.bsky.social) 2026-07-07T01:28:25.325Z

TEXT:
This feels like a good time to note that, indeed, USWNT is the winningest team in international sports history (win percentage: 84)

https://the18.com/en/soccer-entertainment/where-does-uswnt-rank-amongst-winningest-teams-all-time/51866

[Old Crank]

61. The push that lead to Title ix.

Something the GOP would get rid of. That brought in money, professional training to the sport. And gave post HS club players a future.
It also brought foreign student athletes to the US.

[dave99]

12. shithead had to get involved

[Susan Calvin]

13. Good. nt

[catchnrelease]

14. He'll be calling Infantino again

'You just need to find me 4 more goals'.

[hkp11]

69. that made me

[EnergizedLib]

15. This American is glad

This country doesn’t deserve nice things with a corrupt felon in the White House, won’t be deserving of nice things until it cleans its act up and rejects MAGA.

[Attilatheblond]

16. Watching this sport has been new to me. Pretty exciting game.

Really liking it, except for those thuggish teams who seemed to be auditioning for a movie what with so much overly dramatic 'Oh, my boo-boo, he hit me..' instead of playing the game.

So much more exciting than US NFL snooze-fests. I hope US fans turn their backs on the NFL and show up for the better game!

As to the US team loss this evening, maybe they just didn't want to have to go to the White House & listen to how Trump saved them with his whiny-ass phone call snit fit about our 'star' getting a red card.

[3catwoman3]

37. Welcome to Footie Fandom!

Glad to have you -

You might know that in a typical NFL broadcast, the ball is in play only 11-18 minutes.

[Attilatheblond]

40. Soon as it's cool enough here to allow for spending time outdoors, I plan to take in some kids' games in my town!

Used to live next to a big park in Tucson and LOVED pee-wee football (US style, soccer hadn't caught on back then) and Little League Baseball. My old collie mix loved watching those kids with me.

Town I live in now has great kids' sports programs and I see lots of 'football' practices going on when I drive by any of the sports facilities. Kids are out there, working hard & blessings to the good people coaching.

[3catwoman3]

50. I've clocked many hours watching on the sidelines...

...in all kinds of weather. We live in the greater Chicago area, and while we don't get as hot as Tucson, 90 degree heat and 80+% humidity is quite miserable.

Ealy spring and late fall can be pretty damn cold. I watched one game in 17 degree weather. The kids were wearing snow pants under their soccer short. I felt like I was standing on the deck of the Titanic.

I used to say to fellow soccer moms that we would never stand outside in these conditions to watch our husbands doing anything, only our kids -

[Attilatheblond]

54. Lived in Montana. Slept in hammock in yard many nights in winter, on purpose

Wore parka several times for the fireworks on Fourth of July

Cold has never been a problem for me. And I would love to see your Chicago, especially with the Obama Center open, but can't fly, too old to take the road trip.

Am southeast of Tucson now, and at a higher altitude so not as hot as in that now-huge city. Did rather like the 'Baked Apple' when I lived there years ago and it wasn't so big. Lots to do there, good music scene.

[3catwoman3]

55. We spent 4 winters in the UP of Michigan when my husband was stationed at...

...K.I. Sawyer Air Force base. When we attended the base fireworks display our first July there, we wore coats, mittens and hats because it was 42 degrees on July 4th.

[Attilatheblond]

59. No snow? You were ripped off!

Snow + fireworks = some interesting weirdness.

Michigan sounds lovely from photos I have seen. But Montana means less snow shoveling.

[hay rick]

17. Further advance would have had an overwhelming appearance of illegitimacy.

A win would not have brought joy or respect.

[Figarosmom]

18. Trump made them cheaters by putting his thumb on the scale

[Akakoji]

23. They did not have to accept the corruption

They got what they deserved. It’s not like they are world class soccer players anyway, but what they did miraculously accomplish will be forever sullied and stanked by corruption.

[ribrepin]

19. I hate myself but I was rooting for Belguim

I did not want Trump to make about himself.

[Xavier Breath]

38. I too wanted the US to lose, and I have no problem saying it nor do I hate myself for it.

I could give two shits about soccer being played anywhere at any level, but I knew if the US won the whole thing he would have been center stage (as always) like he invented the damn game or something. I'm glad that won't be happening.

[EdmondDantes_]

20. We got about as far as one would expect for the 16th ranked team even playing at home

We didn't lose because of Trump. We lost because Belgium was better. Like most other countries, Belgium puts a lot more infrastructure into soccer than we do.

They brought a player who is as good as Doku off the bench. There's a reason they are a top 10 in the world team.

Trump had nothing to do with it. Quit giving him power over everything in your mind.

[Attilatheblond]

41. Doubt anyone here is giving him power in their minds, just acknowleging he was a jackass for trying to interfere

Most of us know he needs to be in an institution because of his megalomania and fuckedupidness that makes him try to get into everything in hopes he finds something he doesn't fail at.

Edited to add: Yep Belgium was MUCH better team, so 'connected' to each other! I saw some passes were the passer didn't even turn to look if intended receiver was there, he KNEW. Amazing discipline and teamwork. Hope people coaching kids in the US will emulate Belgium's coaching techniques.

[JCMach1]

21. Everything Trump touches

[bluestateboomer]

66. Dies

[Aussie105]

22. The best team won on the day.

It really is that simple.

[patphil]

24. I hate to see the US team go out like this, but what's done is done.

I didn't like the issuance of a red card, but that's the way it went.
Trump's interference only made it a whole lot worse.

[kurtyboy]

25. Best possible outcome, I am sad to say

[Coldwater]

26. The only possible result

of trumps tampering

[flvegan]

27. If we just introduced fighting to the sport, a la hockey

this whole yellow card, red card thing wouldn't matter so much.

What?

[kairos12]

28. You heard of the Yellow Card.

The Red Card. He will play the Orange Card and demand Ghouliana investigate.

[Crowman2009]

29. As someone familiar with the world cup in the past, I saw this coming a mile away.

Belgium has always been a better team than the USA. Especially in the knockout rounds.

[Alephy]

30. harakiri

[C Moon]

31. Gave Belgium a rallying cry. Dumb idea, trump.

[LogDog75]

32. Had the US Team won, there would have been an Asterisk of Shame next to the win

The record books would have an "Asterisk" next to the USA Team indicating the Orange Turd meddled with FIFA to overrule the suspension of a US player.

[malthaussen]

33. Suits me. DJT will still take the credit anyway.

Probably claim it was rigged.

-- Mal

[Farmer-Rick]

34. Of course they lost

Everything pedo Trump touches turns to crap.

[DownriverDem]

35. Bad Karma

came to the World Cup last night. trump destroys everything he touches. For me it's ironic because my ancestors came from Belgium before going to what is now Canada.

[PCB66]

36. It is only soccer

Most Americans don't even know the rules of the game.

The US never had a chance of winning the whole enchilada. They did well just to win two out of the four games they played.

Meanwhile MLB is mid season and the Tampa Bay Rays are kicking butt.

[Old Crank]

62. That's Laws of the Game.

[sarisataka]

67. 3 out of 5

It's funny when you say most Americans don't know the Laws of the Game, because it is much more rules light compared to any other major sport, there are only seventeen laws.

[Prairie Gates]

71. The best baseball player in the world is Japanese

While we're at it, the NBA MVP this year was Canadian. The two runners-up were French and Serbian.

Let us know when the top three players in any serious European football league are American, will you?

We'll give you American football, since nobody else in the world plays it or really gives a shit about it, despite the best efforts of the NFL.

[obamanut2012]

39. Belgium is a much better team, and this result was expected

[beaglelover]

42. Look on the bright side. We no longer need to hear that shitty John Denver song again on National TV!!!! WINNING!

[maxsolomon]

58. West Virginia is not my home.

And not a lot of people belong there.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

43. Belgian national team mocks U.S., Trump after World Cup win

An X post from the Belgian side reading “overturn this” circulated Monday night.

Link to tweet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/07/07/belgian-national-team-mocks-us-trump-after-world-cup-win/

First came the beatdown. Then came the mocking.

After Belgium throttled the United States 4-1 in the World Cup Round of 16 on Monday night, the Belgians had even more fun at the Americans’ expense, mostly zeroing in on the saga of U.S. striker Folarin Balogun.

His one-game suspension for the red card he received in the Round of 32 was lifted by FIFA on Sunday, after President Donald Trump requested a review from the governing body. The soccer world, and especially Belgium, responded with fury, accusing FIFA of placating Trump.

Thus, after the win, the Belgian national team’s X account posted a photo of the team’s fourth goal marked with the message “Overturn this.” Similarly, after that goal, many of Belgium’s players did the “Trump dance,” swaying their hips and rocking their hands back and forth.

Link to tweet

“A lot has happened off the pitch over the last two days,” Belgium midfielder Nicolas Raskin said after the game. “There was a sense of injustice within the squad, and we were determined to respond on the field.”

[dedl67]

44. Has Trump blamed someone else for the call to FIFA yet?

[twodogsbarking]

48. It was rigged, unfair, Biden's fault, crooked score keeper, no brains, low IQ, who has even heard of Belgium.

Hi everyone.

[Old Crank]

49. The first time a US team beat a European team in 13 tries

Was Boznia-Herzegovina. 1-12-2

Now they are 1-13-2

Most games on US soil.

[Klarkashton]

51. Good

[dem4decades]

52. the outcome would have been the same without trump's meddling, except we'd have our dignity.

Trump robbed the team of that,

[obnoxiousdrunk]

56. The best team won.

Nothing to do with Trump.

[senseandsensibility]

57. Hubby told me that Belgium was doing the trump jerk dance after they scored.

I think there is something to the idea that he gave them added motivation.

[Old Crank]

63. Want the best seat in the house?

There is a catch. They don't let you sit.

All leagues need referees. I started when I was over 40. AYSO does training and you start at the lowest age group and move up as you get better. They are all volunteers.
Can be a lot of fun.

[sarisataka]

68. Something I recommend even players do

If a player is high school age referee youth games, it will really help improve their own play being able to be on the field and see how the game flows without having to be directly involved

I reffed for twenty five years, not much in AYSO, mostly USSF/FIFA and various school leagues, a little NCAA. Loved every minute of it.

[Wonder Why]

64. Wrong! 4-0. They subtracted 1 point for Mango Mussolini being red-carded since he wasn't on the roster.

[COL Mustard]

70. He's a uniter.

He united the whole world against us in the Copa.

I can't root against the US, but the outcome was karma.